Ironing machine



May 15, 1923.

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IRONING MACHINE Original Filed July 2, 1917 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Patented Wiley 15, 1923.

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CHARLES E. WAREAM, OF CINCINNATI, AND DANA H. BENJAMIN, OF CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OHIO, ASSIGNORS TO THE AMERICAN LAUNDRY MACHINERY COM.-

PANY, OF NORWOOD, OHIO,

A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

mourns MACHINE.

Original application filed July 2, 1917, Serial No. 178,286. Divided and this application filed November 13, 1917. Serial No. 201,785.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES E. VVAREAM and DANA H. BENJAMIN, citizens of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, and Cleveland Heights, respectively, in the counties of Hamilton and Cuyahoga, respectively, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements n Ironing Machines, of which the following 18 a specification.

This invention relates to ironing machines,

and more particularly to machines for ironing shirts.

The invention has particular relation to that class of machines in which the shirt is dressed upon a board having bosom receiving and back yoke receiving portions adapted to cooperate with the bosom and back yoke ironers.

One object of the invention is to provide an improved machine of this kind in which the board is movable into and out of ironing relation with the bosom ironer or chest and when in ironing relation therewith is adapted to have movement relative thereto for the ironing operation, said. machine also including a back yoke ironer movable with the board' and arranged to cooperate with the back yoke receiving portion thereof.

A further object of the invention is to provide a machine of this class in which the back yoke ironer may be brought into ironing relation with the back yoke receiving portion of the board while said board is out of ironing relation with the chest, and is automatically released from ironing engagement with the back yoke receiving portion of the board prior to ironing engagement of said board with the chest.

A further object of the invention is to provide a machine of the character described on which the ironing board carries an expansible neckband former and is adjustable with the former to various sizesof shirts, the movable back yoke ironer being carried by and adjustable with the movable portion of the board so as to be maintained in cooperat two ironing stations at one of which is located a cooperating ironing member, said board being also adapted to cooperate with a third ironing member capable of application to the board at one of said stations and released therefrom at the other station.

Further objects of the invention are in part obvious and in part will appear more in detail hereinafter.

The invention comprises the ironing machine hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Which represent one embodiment of the invention, Fig. 1, is a front elevation, one of the supporting pillars being broken away for clearness of illustration; Fig. 2 is a side elevation; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of one of the shirt boards, and also showing the back yoke ironer in ironing position; Fig. 4 is a central longitudinal section of one of the shirt boards or beds and its support; Fig. 5 is a detail cross section thereof on the line 5-5 Fig. 4; Fig. 6 is a detail cross section on the line 66 Fig. 4; Fig. 7 is a plan view of the neckband former; Fig. 8 is a sectional elevation thereof on the line 8-8 Fig. 7; Fig. 9 is a detail cross section on the -line 9-9 Fig. 7 and Fig. 10 is an end elevation of one of the shirt boards or beds, the view being taken from the right in Fig. 4.

This application is a division of our prior application for ironing machines, filed July 2, 1917, Serial No. 178,286, to which reference may be had for a more complete description of a machine embodying the invention. So far as illustration or description of said machine is required for the purpose of this application, our improved ironing machine comprises parts as follows:

1 indicates a suitable frame having an upright pillar 2 at one side and at its opposite side two standards 3 to support a head 4 carrying the stationary ironing chest or member, 5. Said chest is of common form, comprising a hollow metal member heated in any suitable manner, such as by steam circulated through its inner chamber 6 by means of the pipes 7. At one end of said chest is a recess 8 which registers with the neckband former of the board when the latter is brought into ironing relation with a rotatable turret or frame 9, each of whose two arms supports an ironing board. .By rotation of said frame on the pillar either of said boards may be moved from the dressing or loading position at the left in Fig. 1, to a position directly beneath the chest, as at the right in Fig. 1. Since both of the boards are alike in all respects description of one will suffice for both.

Each arm of the frame 9 is formed as a hollow sleeve 10 to receive a post 11 depending from the base 12 of the board. Said base may also be provided with a depending pin or bar 13 sllding in an opening of a bracket 14 on the frame 9 and arranged to prevent rotation of the board on the frame 9. The base 12 is provided with upright webs 15 which carry a block 16 attached to the underside of a longitudinal bar 17 lying in a recess of the board beneath the padding 18 thereon and along which the board 22 is adapted to slide, the inter-engagement between these parts being shown in Fig. 5. This bar extends from the tail end of the board to a point near'the neckband thereof, where it is provided with a recess to receive vertical pins 19 on which are sleeves 20 mounted in recesses in the stationary forward portion 21 of the neckband former. The sleeves can rise and fall with the ironing motion, so as to allow the neckband former to sink with the padding when ironing pressure is applied to the shirt, but the connections described absolutely prevent any horizontal motion of member 21 relative to the swinging frame 9. Consequently, whenever the shirt board is brought into proper position beneath the ironing chest the curve of ,substantially maintaining its slot to receive a transverse extending rod 28 whose opposite ends enter openings in the adjustable back portions 29 of the neckband former. Said portions 29 are attached to rods or pins 30 which enter horizontal diagonally disposed openings in the stationary forward portion 21 of the neckband former. When the frame 23 with the attached shirt board 22 is moved back the rod'28 is also carried back and moves with it the adjustable rear portions 29 of the neckband former, said portions moving from the full line to the dotted line position Fig. 7, and thereby expanding the neckband former, but shape or form and its registering relation with the recess of the chest and also preserving the tangent relation of the transverse end edge of the board to the back of the neckband former.

31 indicates a neckband clamping member, whose forward portion 32 is in the form of an apron depending in front of the stationary front portion of the neckband former,

and whose body portion slides longitudinally in a recess 33 of the neckband former. This clamping member is suitably connected to a rod 34 carrying a spring 35 adapted to normally push the clamping device away from the neckband former; Rod 34 extends rearwardly through an opening in an L shaped member 36 and then through a guiding opening in an upwardly extending portion 37 of a slide 38 movable longitudinally in the portion 21 of the neckband former and provided with a recess 39 to receive the lower edge of member 36. Between members 36 and 37 is located a light com-= pression spring 40. The opening in member 36 is slightly larger in diameter than the rod 34, so that when the vertical portion of member 36 assumes a position askew to the axis of rod 34 it grips the rod and prevents it from moving forwardly. Nevertheless, the clamping device can be pushed backwardly by pressure applied directl to its exposed portion, which oscillates member 36 about its lower edge and releases said rod 34 from the locking device.

Slide 38 is also provided with a depending notched portion 41 to receive an upwardly extending toe 42 on a bar 43 slidably mounted in a recess or channel of the bar 17, and whose forward end (see Fig. 4) is pivotally connected to one arm of a lever 44 whose other arm is pivotally connected to a rod 45. Said rod, when pulled forwardly, moves the clamping member 31 into firm clamping en.- gagement with the neckband. The actuating means for said rod is as follows:

Webs 15 of the stationary base 12 support across shaft 46'carrying a gear segment 47 and a. cam 48. Segment 47 cooperates with a gear segment 49 rotating on a shaft 50 and carrying a depending arm 51 adapted to move between an abutment 52 of the movable frame 23 and a cross bar 53 carried thereby, A pin 54 extending laterally from the arm 51 engages the depending arm 55 of a pivoted lever. whose other arm 56 carries a roller 57 lying between the horizontal arm 58 of a latch lever pivoted at 59 and provided with a depending arm 60 whose toe 61 lies at one side of rod 62. Rod 62 is attached to the cross bar 53 and extends through guiding openings in frame member 63. Said toe 61 also lies in front of a locking member 64 having a base 65 seated in the frame, and which locking member surrounds the rod 62 and has an opening slightly larger than said rod. This locking member is similar in operationto the member 36 before referred to and is moved to the right, or into locking engagement with the .rod by a compression spring 66. Cam 48 lies opposite and cooperates with a roller on the lower arm of a pivoted lever whose upper arm is pivotally connected to a sleeve 68 having sliding movement on the rod 45 andlying adjacent to a compression spring 69 between said sleeve 68 and nuts 70 ad- ,ipstably threaded onthe end of said rod.

od' 45 is also provided with a collar 71 serving as a seat for one end of sion spring 72 whose the frame 23. Shaft 46 extends out through one of the webs 15 and on its outer end is a compresprovided with an operating handle orever 73.

The back yoke receiving member maybe heated in any suitable manner, such as by steam or other heating medium circulated through its hollow chamber by the pipes 74, or by an electric heating element, as described in our prior application referred to. Said back yoke receiving member 25 cooperates with a yoke ironing member 79,v

shown in Fig. 3, which is pivotally mounted upon one arm of a lever carried b the frame 23. The lower arm of lever 80 is pivotallyconnected by a pin 81 to a head on a rod 82 projecting endwise from a toggle member 83 having side faces 84 provided with elongated slots 85 to receive the ends of pin 81. A compression spring 86 is located between the outer end of member 83 and a collar or nuts 87 adjustable on the outer end of rod 82. Toggle member 83 is pivotally'connected at its inner end to its companion toggle 88 which is one arm of a lever pivoted at 89 to the frame and whose other arm 90 is ivotally connected to a floating lever 91. aid floating lever is provided at one end with a pin 92 traveling in a curved slot 93 in a stationary guide 94, while its lower end is provided with a roller 95 lying above a head 96 on the upper end of a rod 97 slidable vertically in guides in the stationary frame 11, and whose lower end has a loose pivotal connection to one arm 98 of a treadle, whose other arm is provided with a foot treadle 99. Said lever may also have a counterweight 100 if desired. When the lever 88 is oscillated the pivotal connection of its arm 90 to the floating lever 91 travels in the arc of a circle about the pivot 89 as a center. The curvature of the guide slot 93 is the same as the curve of the path of travel of the pivoted connection referred to, but is located above the same. Consequently when the foot pressure is applied to the treadle 99 the rod 97 and head 96 are elevated, causing the floating lever to rise and oscillate lever 88, 90 in a counter-clockwise direction, Fig. 3. Floating lever 91 always maintains a true vertical position, thereby securing opposite end abuts board or for other reasons.

sleeve 10 rises (Fi the chest, is

he yoke ironing member 7 9 may also be provided with an upper extension 101, Figs. 1 and 3, which is provided with a recess or cut out portion 102. This upward extension engages the back of the neckband, clamping the same against the back surface of the head 27 of the upper extension on the yoke eceiving member. The recess 102 prevents ironing close to the back collar button receiving pocket, or crushing a button in the neckband of an open shirt.

The releasing means for the back yoke ironer comprises a hand lever 1'03 pivoted at the tail of the sliding frame 23 and connected by a link 104 to one arm 1050f a bell crank lever whose other arm 106 lies above an outwardly extending portion of the pin 92 when the yoke ironer is closed. Said arm 106- is also connected to a rod 107 passing loosely through a perforated boss 108 on the sleeve 10, below which is a compression spring 109. By pulling on the hand lever the pin 92 is depressed and the toggle 83, 88 broken. The lever 80 then drops until a buffer 110 hits a pad 111 on the frame, while the boss 112 on the yoke ironer seats on aprojection 113 of the lever. The manually operable releasing device is used for correcting errors in dressing the shirt on the The back yoke ironer is also released automatically each time the board is raised into ironing relation with the chest, which produces a pull through rod 107 on lever 105, 106 as the 3) and turns said lever to the right, there y depressing the pin 92 and breaking the toggle.

It will be observed that the ironing boards in turn are moved first to one end then to the other of two distant stations, to wit, the loading or dressing station, at the left in Fig. 1, where the board is out of cooperating relation with the chest and where the shirt is applied to the board, and the ironing station to the right in Fig. 1, where the board is in ironing relation with the chest and is moved intoironing engagement therewith. One? of the ironing members which cooperates with the board, to wit,

stationary at one of said stations, specifically the ironing station. The other of the ironing members\ which cooperates with the board, to wit, the back ceiving member when the board is at the dressing station, the means for effecting such ironing engagement being operable only at the loading station, that is when the roller 95 occupies the position above head 96 and it is-released from engagement with the board when the latter is at the ironing station.

It will also be observed that the back yoke receiving member is attached to the adjustable part of the ironing board. In other words, it moves with that portion of the board connected to the adjustable rear portions of the neckband former. Consequently, its position varies relative to the stationary part of the neckband former according to the size to which the neckband former is adjusted. Nevertheless, the back yoke ironing member is always maintained in proper cooperating relation with the back yoke receiving member regardless of the size to' which the neckband former is adjusted. This is due to the fact that that portion of the operating mechanism for the back yoke ironer which travels around with the rotating turret is carried by the adjustable frame member 23, as a result of which an adjustment of the neckband former which alters the position of the back yoke receiving member carries with it the back yoke ironing member and that portion of its operating mechanism movable with the turret. The head 96 of the operating rod 97 is of sufficient lateral extent so that a portion of said head always lies beneath the roller 95 when the board is at the dressing station, regardless of adjustment of the neckband former.

What we claim is: v

1. An ironing machine, comprising an ironing chest, an ironing board having movement into and out of registering relation with said chest, means for producing relative ironing movement of said chest and board when in registering relation, a back yoke ironer co-operating with said board, and means for moving said back yoke ironer into ironing relation with said board only when the latter is out of registering relation with said chest.

2. An ironing machine, comprising a main frame, an ironing chest thereon, a supplemental swinging frame carrying an ironing board, a back yoke ironer carried by said supplemental frame, and means on said main frame for actuating said back yoke ironer. I

3. An ironing machine, comprising a main frame, an ironing chest thereon, a supplemental swinging frame carrying an ironing board, a back yoke ironer carried by said supplemental frame, and means on said main frame for actuating said back yoke ironer, said means being. so located as to actuate said back yoke ironer only when nently located at one said board is out of co-operating relation with said ironing chest. I

4. An ironing machine, comprising a main frame, an ironing chest thereon, a supplemental swinging frame carrying an ironing board, a back yoke ironer carried by said supplemental frame, means on said main frame for actuating said back yoke ironer, and means on saidsupplemental frame for releasing said'back yoke ironer from said board. 5. An ironing machine, comprising a main frame, an ironing chest thereon, a supplemental swinging frame carrying an ironing board, a back yoke ironer carried by said supplemental frame, means on said main frame for actuating said back yoke ironer, said means being so located as to actuate said back yoke ironer only when said board is out of cooperating relation with said ironing chest,

ironer from said board.

6. An ironing machine, comprising a frame carrying two relatively movable cooperating ironing members, one of which is heated, said frame being movable to either of two stations, operating means permanently located at one of said stations for closing said members into ironing relation and means for releasing said members from ironing relation.

7 An ironing machine, comprising a frame carrying two relatively movable cooperating ironing members, one of which is heated, said frame being movable to either of two stations, operating means permanently located at one of said stations for closing said members into ironing relation, means for releasing said members from iron.- ing relation, and a third ironing device at one of said stations and co-operating with one of said first named ironing members.

8. An ironing machine, comprising a frame carrying two relatively movable cooperating ironing members, one of which is heated, said frame being movable to either of two stations, operating'means permaof said stations for closing said members into ironing relation, means for releasing said members from ironing relation, and a third ironing device at one of said stations and co-operating with one of said first named ironing members, part of said releasing means also serving to produce relative ironing movement between said third ironing member and its co-operat ing'member.

9. An ironing machine, comprising a frame carrying two relatively movable cooperating ironing members, one of which is heated, said frame being movable to either of twostations, operating means permanent-1y located at one of said stations for closing said members into ironing relation,

and means on said'supple-v mental frame for releasing said back yoke 10. An ironing machine, comprising a ,frame carrying two relatively movable cooperating ironing members, one of which is heated, said frame being "movable to either of two stations, operating means permanentl'y located at one of said stations-for closing'said'members into ironing relation,

a'third ironing device at one of said stations and co-operating with one of said first, 15

named lroning members, and means for releasing said first named .co-operating lronlng members and eifecting ironmg engagement of 'said third ironing device with one of said first named ironing members.

11. An ironing machine, comprising a frame carrying two relatively movable ironing members, one of which is heated, said frame beingmovable to either of two stations, said ironing members being adjustable together elative to said frame, and operating means permanently located at one of said stations for closing said members into ironing relation and effective in all positions of adjustment of said members.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signa- I tures.

CHARLES E. WAREAM. DANA H. BENJAMIN. 

